"No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens."

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

"No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent."

"My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth."

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."

"I'm really tired of talking about it. I hate to do it, but there's a huge double standard here. He turns in, it's a foul on him. And they're pushing and shoving on him all the time."

"This is to see whether the two years, all the drill work and all the hard work have manifested itself into something positive for him. It should be something he should be eager to do."

"I'm not happy with it."

"We feel like with this trade we traded a lot, but we got back three quality players. Antoine Walker is one of the very best, multi-faceted, versatile players in this game."

"We traded a lot, but we got back three quality players. Antoine Walker is one of the very best multi-faceted, versatile players in this game. ... He is able to handle the ball, pass it, make plays, shoot 3's and rebound the ball. There isn't anyone in this league better at doing that."

"We feel like with this trade we traded a lot, but we got back three quality players, ... Antoine Walker is one of the very best, multi-faceted, versatile players in this game."

"I'd like my reputation to stay as it is and to be remembered for a wonderful decade."

"It's a reality we have to understand. (O'Neal) has to be more diligent. We have to be more diligent protecting him. We need him in the game."

"I should have played him in New Jersey. I regret that. He could have helped on (Vince) Carter."

"We had a great fourth quarter defensively. We did not get into foul trouble early and made some really big defensive plays. They shot the ball extremely well tonight. We were down going into the fourth quarter and really raised the level of our defense."

"But it's up to Shaquille, too. I mean, it's up to him. And this is where the old coach came out of Stu. He started using some coaching terminology. He said, 'Well, you've got to get him to make a V-cut every now and then. If he makes a V-cut, then they impede his progress, they'll call it."

"We didn't play with great desire and we got our heads handed to us for the second game in a row. Crossroads No. 1 is where we're at right now."

"We feel that he will be able to play three positions for us, giving us added versatility."

"When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion."

"I think people got a view of absolute greatness, back and forth. The bigger the moment, both of them stepped up even bigger and bigger."

"People got a view of absolute greatness. It's absolutely beyond description. I haven't seen players do that in a long time."

"He was at the rim all night. He has tremendous athleticism, strength, force and instincts."

"I think the overall health is OK. Everybody has something wrong with them but it is not debilitating. We just have to keep our fingers crossed everyday that we can keep everybody on the court."

"I was very conscious of (players') minutes and in the end I was very conscious of health. Today is not a good barometer to judge us."

"I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind."

"I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think and feel."

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."

"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed."

"If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors."

"To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances."

"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty."

"If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted."

"The argument is they know what they're supposed to do. At least they tell you, 'We know what we're supposed to do.' So you back off a little bit on the real big muscle work that could cause them injury."

"From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty."

"I have complete faith. That's how I operate, that's how I coach. I truly believe that when all the parts are healthy, I know how good we are. I've said it over and over again and I will continue to say it, I just think this team can do something special. And that's the way I'll keep thinking."

"He's incredible. He has no fear at the end and he simply wants to be put in that position. He was a way of making plays, he's just incredible."

"When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb."

"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in-between."

"We as an organization will do just about anything to supply comfort, compassion, money and anything else we can to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Spurs and the Heat getting together to put on this exhibition to raise as much money as we can for the victims is an indication of what both organizations and the NBA is all about."

"The demise of Shaquille O'Neal has been greatly exaggerated. I can guarantee you that - and I coach him."

"He kept telling me he's ready. But I'm a stubborn old coach."

"Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable."

"There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning."

"Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it."

"Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude."

"There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it."

"I think we're beginning to learn more about individual performances by perimeter players who have the ability to do what he does... We have to do something different at times to take the ball out of his hands, force him into areas it's not as easy for him to get done what he gets done."

"If we had come back with the same team as last year, it would have been a disaster. We didn't have the firepower to sustain what we needed in this conference. Last year was a honeymoon year. A couple players had career years. I didn't believe we had the core of players like the core we have now. We have a lot more versatility now."